Software Performance and Scalability: A Quantitative Approach

by Henry H. Liu

Praise from the "The practicality of the subject in a real-world situation distinguishes this book from others available on the market."
― Professor Behrouz Far , University of Calgary "This book could replace the computer organization texts now in use that every CS and CpE student must take. . . . It is much needed, well written, and thoughtful."
― Professor Larry Bernstein , Stevens Institute of Technology A distinctive, educational text onsoftware performance and scalability This is the first book to take a quantitative approach to the subject of software performance and scalability. It brings together three unique perspectives to demonstrate how your products can be optimized and tuned for the best possible performance and Software Performance and Scalability gives you a specialized skill set that will enable you to design and build performance into your products with immediate, measurable improvements. Complemented with real-world case studies, it is an indispensable resource for software developers, quality and performance assurance engineers, architects, and managers. It is anideal text for university courses related to computer and software performance evaluation and can also be used to supplement a course in computer organization or in queuing theory for upper-division and graduate computer science students.  

396 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Kapil Dhaimade · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5*

[Vladislav · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dry and too academic. Could be easily cut in half (or more). Although I have to admit contains a good introductory material on queueing theory. Unfortunately, the examples are half-baked too often. There are certainly much better books of PRACTICAL application of queueing theory concepts and ideas out there.

[Daniel Noventa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful for enterprise software. Concepts and strategies are presented in an easily digestible fashion.